The “Grammy-nominated Austin Wintory.” For a young composer, it still takes some getting used to.

“It’s … not real,” Wintory said in an interview with Toledo Free Press Star. “I keep hearing people say it and it still has this vague sound, like we’re talking about someone else. It hardly feels like an affirmation of years of hard work or anything like that. Just this dream that I keep trying to accept is reality.” Read more>>

Just before the end of 2012, Marvel Comics released Amazing Spider-Man No. 700, the “final issue” of the long-running comic series. The finale turned out to be a surprising one, as Peter Parker died while his mind was trapped in the body of villain Otto Octavius (Doctor Octopus), while Doc Ock still lives within Parker’s mind and will now continue on as the new “Superior Spider-Man.” Comic book author and expert Jim Beard and Pop Goes the Culture writer Jeff McGinnis debate the pros and cons of the story.Read more>>